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Tag: memoir
Just Another Story | Review
This timely graphic novel depicts the harrowing journey of a mother and son from El Salvador to the U.S.
Family Style: Memories of an American from Vietnam | Review
In Family Style, Thien Pham uses food as the lens through which he tells the story of his family's journey both to America and to becoming American.
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Review: Sunshine
A review of award-winning Jarrett J. Krosoczka's graphic memoir Sunshine.
Review: Nat Enough
A middle-school story with a good dose of humor, 'Nat Enough' is a story about making friends, losing friends, and finding your own voice.
Review: ‘Hey, Kiddo’
One of my favorite questions that I get from my students, aside from “Did you read every book in this library?” is “What’s your favorite book?” It’s a hard question to answer, because it does change from book to book. And I tell them that. But I do tell them that there are only a […]
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Review: Be Prepared
You can’t really peg Vera Brosgol to one type of book; she has such a variety of titles on her resume. While Anya’s Ghost has been a staple in my library’s graphic novel collection for a few years, her newest full-length graphic novel doesn’t fall into the same genre. Rather, librarians, booksellers, and teachers might […]
Interview: Shannon Hale and LeUyen Pham on ‘Real Friends’
I’m a sporadic social networker. On the rare day, when I have a few minutes of down time, I will go online and try and catch up on either Twitter or Facebook. So the other day, when I had a few minutes (read: procrastinating), I realized that the release date of Shannon Hale and LeUyen […]
Review: Child Soldier
This title offers young readers a glimpse of a turbulent region that is in another part of the world—but it’s not for sensitive readers. Child Soldier: When boys and Girls are used in War By Jessica Dee Humphreys & Michel Chikwanine. Claudia Davila Kids Can Press. 2015. ISBN 9781771381260 hc, $17.95. 48pp. Grades 5 and […]
Review: El Deafo
This title made it to our Top 10 2014 Best Graphic Novel list for good reason, it’s been cited on many other lists as well, including the Parents Magazine best books of the year. El Deafo By Cece Bell. Color by David Lasky Abrams. September 2014. ISBN 978-1-4197-1217-3 $10.95 244 pp. Recommended for grades 4 […]
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